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** Kicking a cockatrice or chickatrice corpse without shoes. | ** Kicking a cockatrice or chickatrice corpse without shoes. | ||
* Being hit by a [[death ray]] while not having [[magic resistance]]. This can be achieved by: | * Being hit by a [[death ray]] while not having [[magic resistance]]. This can be achieved by: | ||
− | ** zapping yourself with a [[wand of death]]. ("You irradiate yourself with pure energy!") | + | ** zapping yourself with a [[wand of death]] or a [[finger of death]]. ("You irradiate yourself with pure energy!") |
− | ** zapping a [[wand of death]] at a monster, and being hit by the ray reflecting off a wall, or the monster's [[reflection]]. | + | ** zapping a [[wand of death]] or [[finger of death]] at a monster, and being hit by the ray reflecting off a wall, or the monster's [[reflection]]. |
** having a monster with a wand of death zap you, typically the [[Gnome With The Wand Of Death]]. | ** having a monster with a wand of death zap you, typically the [[Gnome With The Wand Of Death]]. | ||
− | ** being touched by the [[touch of death]]. The [[Wizard of Yendor]] and high level [[ | + | ** being touched by the [[touch of death]]. The [[Wizard of Yendor]] and high level [[lich]]es can use this against you. |
* Occasionally, [[poison]] (especially [[food poisoning]]) causes an instadeath, unless you have [[poison resistance]]. | * Occasionally, [[poison]] (especially [[food poisoning]]) causes an instadeath, unless you have [[poison resistance]]. | ||
* Standing near a collapsing [[drawbridge]]. | * Standing near a collapsing [[drawbridge]]. |
Revision as of 22:13, 26 August 2006
An instadeath, short for instant death, is a mechanism which, when applied, guarantees that you die immediately, even if you had hundreds of HP. If you have a wand of death or finger of death, then you can instadeath some monsters.
Causes of instadeaths are:
- Cockatrices
- Touching a cockatrice or chickatrice corpse without gloves.
- Eating a cockatrice or chickatrice corpse, or eating the corpse of Medusa
- Kicking a cockatrice or chickatrice corpse without shoes.
- Being hit by a death ray while not having magic resistance. This can be achieved by:
- zapping yourself with a wand of death or a finger of death. ("You irradiate yourself with pure energy!")
- zapping a wand of death or finger of death at a monster, and being hit by the ray reflecting off a wall, or the monster's reflection.
- having a monster with a wand of death zap you, typically the Gnome With The Wand Of Death.
- being touched by the touch of death. The Wizard of Yendor and high level liches can use this against you.
- Occasionally, poison (especially food poisoning) causes an instadeath, unless you have poison resistance.
- Standing near a collapsing drawbridge.
- Being drowned by a sea monster, although this technically takes at least 2 turns.
- Intentionally level teleport yourself to level 0, or to any level "higher" than -1: level 0 is nowhere, -2 to -8 is above the ground, -9 is Cloud Nine and -10 and above is Heaven. -1 is ground level, so teleporting there is essentially the same as quitting.
- Suffering a system shock while attempting a self-polymorph. Technically, you only lose up to 30 hit points, but this is often fatal to low level characters.
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